RE: “How did I get here?”
As I sat in the last seat, careful not
to be seen by anyone I knew in the
area , I could
almost smell the desperation.
to be seen by anyone I knew in the
area , I could
almost smell the desperation.
There I was.
One of about 400 people who had somehow
found their way to this “meeting.”
found their way to this “meeting.”
I as sat there I silently wondered if
they had all got the same pitch email
few days earlier that I had.
they had all got the same pitch email
few days earlier that I had.
I had returned home from my job as a
software engineer after a 1 hour stent in the Badminton Court (it
was really all I had to look forward to
back then).
software engineer after a 1 hour stent in the Badminton Court (it
was really all I had to look forward to
back then).
I could remember jumping in the shower
and feeling something I had never, in my
life, felt before.
and feeling something I had never, in my
life, felt before.
I heart quickened.
My breath grew shallow.
I could feel my eyes going dark.
As I reached for the shower head to stop
myself from falling, there, at that
moment …
myself from falling, there, at that
moment …
I felt true horror.
My mind wandered to my daily happenings
and I realized, for the first, that …
and I realized, for the first, that …
Every day of my adult life I had done
the exact same thing.
the exact same thing.
Wake up at 6:31am sharp.
Hit the snooze button on my alarm clock
exactly 11 times before actually rising
from bed at 7:50 or so in the morning.
exactly 11 times before actually rising
from bed at 7:50 or so in the morning.
Always so tired.
I stumble to shower like a zombie.
Clean up, put on my shirt and tie, and leave to
be broke ass programmer for some company.
be broke ass programmer for some company.
Everyday this is what I did …
The fear came on sharp with this simple
question …
question …
“If this is what life is like now, what’s
it going to be like 10 years from now?”
it going to be like 10 years from now?”
The horror took over with the answer.
“Nothing.”
That moment changed me forever.
I had “woken” up to the painful reality
that life was NOT going as I had planned
as young kid who once dreamed of owning
his own orange Lamborghini.
that life was NOT going as I had planned
as young kid who once dreamed of owning
his own orange Lamborghini.
Now, as an adult, all I could see, if …
I stayed on the path that was set before
me was mediocrity.
me was mediocrity.
Settling.
I couldn’t let that future come true,
but what do you do?
but what do you do?
“How DO you get out of this “damn” job?”
“How DO you free myself?”
That night, after watching my favorite
movie “Rocky” on my couch , I went down into my study
movie “Rocky” on my couch , I went down into my study
and while I was checking my emails ,
I saw something I’d never seen in something that I’d
seen many many times before.
There, in that email that promised
wealth through online marketing, where I had
once only seen scam artist and
charlatans I saw, for the first time …
wealth through online marketing, where I had
once only seen scam artist and
charlatans I saw, for the first time …
Hope.
The “hope” of an opportunity to change.
As I sat there, in the back of that
Holiday Inn conference room I teetered
on complete embarrassment and regret for
a few days earlier seeing opportunity in
a email which promised riches online.
Holiday Inn conference room I teetered
on complete embarrassment and regret for
a few days earlier seeing opportunity in
a email which promised riches online.
Today …
I live a life that before that night in
the shower, before that Holiday Inn
conference, I could never have imagined.
the shower, before that Holiday Inn
conference, I could never have imagined.
From my little lap top computer I’ve
generate millions of dollars, literally
at the push of a button.
generate millions of dollars, literally
at the push of a button.
A reality where literally at any point
in time I choose to write a 5 minute
message and send it out to my list of
180,000 email subscribers from around
the world between $1,000 to $5,000, on
average, comes back within 24 hours.
in time I choose to write a 5 minute
message and send it out to my list of
180,000 email subscribers from around
the world between $1,000 to $5,000, on
average, comes back within 24 hours.
This reality has allowed me travel to
places I never would have imagined.
places I never would have imagined.
Can you believe that back before my
embarrassing night at that Holiday Inn I
didn’t even have a passport?
embarrassing night at that Holiday Inn I
didn’t even have a passport?
Now I’ve been to exotic countries like
Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Nicaragua,
El Salvador, The Greek Isle, and just
last year I on a whim …
Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Nicaragua,
El Salvador, The Greek Isle, and just
last year I on a whim …
I moved to Miami, leased a house in
with an elevator and salt water
pool less than a 8 minute walk to the
MOST beautiful beaches in the world.
with an elevator and salt water
pool less than a 8 minute walk to the
MOST beautiful beaches in the world.
My daily reality was literally …
I would wake up in the morning 6am with
the sun, go to my Lanai, and there I
would sit for 30 to 45 minutes in
beautiful silence watching the beach from
my back porch.
the sun, go to my Lanai, and there I
would sit for 30 to 45 minutes in
beautiful silence watching the beach from
my back porch.
On a whim.
Within a week, I made the decision and I
was there.
was there.
Forget about that little voice that asks
questions like …
questions like …
“What about your homes here ?”
That voice? Silenced. Ignored.
I just left.
I took a year long extended vacation
without even a thought to “if” I could
afford it or if it made any sense.
without even a thought to “if” I could
afford it or if it made any sense.
I wanted to go so I simply went.
Imagine being able to make decision that
way.
way.
Well you can …
You can make decisions like that anytime
you want when you can do this.
you want when you can do this.
Create income in leverage on demand.
That IS the ultimate skill.
Knowing how to do that IS freedom.
Here’s what I mean …
Right before I sat down to write this to
you, I sent out an email, and when I got
up to get a glass of water I saw that I
had already made $750 while writing
this to you, and I wasn’t surprised.
you, I sent out an email, and when I got
up to get a glass of water I saw that I
had already made $750 while writing
this to you, and I wasn’t surprised.
That’s normal.
That’s how it always happens, so that’s
simply how it supposed to happen.
simply how it supposed to happen.
Now …
The normal person would never believe
this, but it’s my reality and can be
yours.
this, but it’s my reality and can be
yours.
In fact, that reminds me, there’s a
funny story I’ll share with you in a
moment that you’ll really get a kick out
of, so …
funny story I’ll share with you in a
moment that you’ll really get a kick out
of, so …
Don’t forget to remind me about it, but
right now we’ve got a LOT of ground to
cover.
right now we’ve got a LOT of ground to
cover.
Sitting in that back row of the Holiday
Inn ultimately changed my life for one
reason.
Inn ultimately changed my life for one
reason.
More accurately not one reason.
One person.
But before I met that person I witnessed
one of the most important lessons I’ve
ever learned in my life …
one of the most important lessons I’ve
ever learned in my life …
There, right before my eyes, I saw just
how quickly anyone’s fortune can change.
how quickly anyone’s fortune can change.
Before I met the man that would
ultimately change my life and yours
another man shared his story from stage.
ultimately change my life and yours
another man shared his story from stage.
Hair slicked back, in his black suit,
with a smile on his face, he told the
audience to get out of their seats and
run to the back of the room to purchase
his internet marketing system and my jaw
dropped.
with a smile on his face, he told the
audience to get out of their seats and
run to the back of the room to purchase
his internet marketing system and my jaw
dropped.
I counted.
Well over 100 people waited patiently to
hand this man their credit cards and
have him charge them $997 for his
course.
hand this man their credit cards and
have him charge them $997 for his
course.
“You mean, one hour, and he just made 3
times more than I make in year?”
times more than I make in year?”
It would take me 10 years of perfect
corporate butt kissing to get an annual
salary even close to what this guy just
pulled down in hour right before my
eyes.
corporate butt kissing to get an annual
salary even close to what this guy just
pulled down in hour right before my
eyes.
It was almost magic.
There, even before I met the man that
would change my life, I learned a lesson
that I want to share with you.
would change my life, I learned a lesson
that I want to share with you.
In fact, this might be the MOST
important lesson you CAN learn.
important lesson you CAN learn.
“He (or she) who sells well and has an
audience is already wealthy.”
audience is already wealthy.”
Now that sounds simple and apparent, but
I didn’t “get” it until just recently in
the form of this question …
I didn’t “get” it until just recently in
the form of this question …
In fact, if you can find your own unique
way to answer this question and live by
that answer, it will change your financial
destiny forever.
way to answer this question and live by
that answer, it will change your financial
destiny forever.
I guarantee it.
The question …
“How can I fall in love with selling?”
Find the answer to that question and the
ultimate conclusion can be nothing but a
life of infinite freedom and
uncontrollable wealth, but …
ultimate conclusion can be nothing but a
life of infinite freedom and
uncontrollable wealth, but …
I get ahead of myself.
The “pro” who just bested three years of
my income in an hour walks off stage and
although I’m amazed, his solution wasn’t
for me.
my income in an hour walks off stage and
although I’m amazed, his solution wasn’t
for me.
I “almost” felt like the evening was a
complete waste.
complete waste.
Then this little short fat bald man
steps on stage.
steps on stage.
God bless that man. He doesn’t know it,
but he changed my life.
but he changed my life.
See, when HE stepped on stage here’s
what happened.
what happened.
I remember …
My pupils dilated. My eyes widened. My
breath slowed. My ears could hear
nothing but his words as he shared …
breath slowed. My ears could hear
nothing but his words as he shared …
That the internet was a place that
regular people were making a full time
living.
regular people were making a full time
living.
My very own personal mental revolution
had taken hold.
had taken hold.
I was more than intrigued.
To that point, the ONLY thing the
internet was to me was a place to do
research and email friends.
internet was to me was a place to do
research and email friends.
When he started sharing images of these
simple little sites he had created, and
others like him had create, that were
making $1,000 per month passively I
simply couldn’t contain my excitement.
simple little sites he had created, and
others like him had create, that were
making $1,000 per month passively I
simply couldn’t contain my excitement.
I remember I began to clinch my jaw.
I rocked back and forth in my chair.
I couldn’t stop my hands from
jittering.
jittering.
My path.
I had found it …
I believe we only find a few great
obsessions in life and I “knew” this one
was mine.
obsessions in life and I “knew” this one
was mine.
God bless that short fat bald man.
If not for him my journey that lead me
to writing to you today would never have
begun.
to writing to you today would never have
begun.
I buy his thing (it’s a piece of crap,
but who cares) then I immediately go
home and start researching “how” people
are making passive and residual income
online.
but who cares) then I immediately go
home and start researching “how” people
are making passive and residual income
online.
Curiosity is of the MOST powerful forces
in the world.
in the world.
My curiosity changed me from a timid kid
who couldn’t speak in front of an
audience to a person who just a few
weeks ago on a whim decided to see “if”
(and completely out of curiosity) I
decided to put on seminar would people
come?
who couldn’t speak in front of an
audience to a person who just a few
weeks ago on a whim decided to see “if”
(and completely out of curiosity) I
decided to put on seminar would people
come?
Not only did they come, but with 3 weeks
notice 100 of them showed from all
corners of the world, each paying me a
measly $197 a piece to be there.
notice 100 of them showed from all
corners of the world, each paying me a
measly $197 a piece to be there.
Two days, I stood before that audience.
Two days, I spoke and did things that
would have crippled me with fear just a
few short years ago, and I …
would have crippled me with fear just a
few short years ago, and I …
LOVED every moment of it.
When all was said and done, that weekend
created, let’s just say, at least six
figures.
created, let’s just say, at least six
figures.
Not bad for two days.
How ironic.
Just a few years ago I looked to the
people on stage at such seminars as
charlatans, and the audience as
desperate, now that I’ve played both
positions I see things completely
differently.
people on stage at such seminars as
charlatans, and the audience as
desperate, now that I’ve played both
positions I see things completely
differently.
Seminars are places of great change.
They are places of personal
transformation.
transformation.
If you LOVE something or you’re even just
slightly curious, then you owe it to
yourself to immerse yourself in that
subject, in an environment filled with
people just like you and as a result …
slightly curious, then you owe it to
yourself to immerse yourself in that
subject, in an environment filled with
people just like you and as a result …
You will change for the better.
If there’s a lesson I can give you
before I share something that might
shock you, it’s simply this …
before I share something that might
shock you, it’s simply this …
Go to more seminars.
Back to the story.
Realize …
We jumped from being at the back of a
room to being at the front of the room
and loving it.
room to being at the front of the room
and loving it.
“What happened in between?”
That’s what you’ll learn daily as I
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A lot happened.
I lot of growth. A lot of sacrifice. A
lot of risk. A lot of hope. A lot of
trust. A lot of mistakes. A lot of money
made. A lot of money spent. A lot of
money wasted. A lot of focus. A lot of
confusion, but mostly a lot of
curiosity.
lot of risk. A lot of hope. A lot of
trust. A lot of mistakes. A lot of money
made. A lot of money spent. A lot of
money wasted. A lot of focus. A lot of
confusion, but mostly a lot of
curiosity.
“I wonder what it would feel like to be
financially free?”
financially free?”
That question guided me to my freedom,
so I ask you, what’s yours?
so I ask you, what’s yours?
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